Two quick questions:
- Should the Dell Outlet U3014 come with the same cables as a new one?
- If not, how am I suppose to properly test it at native resolution, trouble shoot problems, if dell doesn't supply the correct cables?
My U3014 March REV A01 from Dell Outlet came with 2 generic cables that are not fully compatible with this monitor.
- The first, a single-link DVI cable. That cable can not run at the 2560*1600 native resolution, this requires a dual-link DVI cable.
- The other cable, VGA, which this monitor does not have a port for, so pointless.
From what I've seen, this monitor is suppose to come with a Dual-Link DVI cable and a DisplayPort cable, both capable of running the monitor at 2560*1600. Without them, I had to spend an hour running across town until I found displayport cable. This cable had issues. The system sees the monitor, the name of it, lets me set native resolution and as primary display, but remains blank and tells me no display feed. Now I have to return the cable and I don't plan on spending $27 more for a dual-link DVI cable. Instead, I found my existing HDMI cable runs at 2560*1600. This is on a Dell XPS 435 Mini Tower, i7-920 cpu, running Windows 7 64bit, and a MSI Radeon HD 7770 with latest drivers.
I have a replacement monitor arriving today to hopefully fix how the monitor controls lock up all the time, the screen going blank a few seconds after powering on, or random pixel artifacts one time, all fixed by turning the monitor on and off. I know the scanlines won't be fixed, but they didn't bother me too much. Though, how do I fully to test it if I don't have the correct cables Dell provides for this monitor? I got imagine, using HDMI for this resolution has to be finicky in itself.